Report: #1484998

Complaint Review: Jon Munger Munger and Associates - Clarkston Michigan

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Gretchen Rachel Hammond - Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Jon Munger Munger and Associates

4545 Clawson Tank Drive Clarkston, 48346 Michigan, United States

Phone:

248-618-1200

Web:

http://jonmungerpllc.com/

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Jon Munger, Munger and Associates Jon B. Munger Alleged abuse, neglect, torture and theft of thousands of vulnerable people Clarkston Michigan

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I am an investigative journalist and my team of three Wayne Statwe University researchers and a forensic fraud examiner spent three months examining 2,278 separate cases in which Mr. Munger, his former colleagues Jennifer Callahan and John Yun alongside former public adminisatrator Thomas Brennan Fraser were gven guardianship and/or conservatorship over individuals which the Detroit-area Oakland County Porbate Court.

Mr. Munger was fired as an Oakland County Public Administrator followng his involvement with a realtor named Ralph Roberts in opening deceased state cases wityhout notifying next of kin.

However, he kept on taking guardianship, conservatorship and decesased estate cases in Oakland County.

As of August 1, 2019, Mr. Munger had 448 wards.

Full links to the inveestigation are below, but, to summarize, our findings determined:

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Collusion in the4 filing of fraudulent petitions for guardianship/conservatorship by agencies such as Michigan Adult Protective Services (APS) with no corroborating medical evidence.
Guardian ad Litems (GALs) working in the interest of Mr. Munger rather than prospective wards by encouraging them to accept Mr. Munger while discouraging them from attending a guardianship hearing and filing their reports and recommendations as late as the day of a guardianship hearing.
Mr. Munger appointed with no due process afforded to the wards or rights guaranteed under Michigan Compiled Law as well as the dismissal of family members in favor of a public administrator.
Families (husbands/wives, siblings, parent/child) put under guardianship at the same time and, in some cases separated.
The forced removal of wards from their homes. by Mr. Munger
Placement of wards in unlicensed small group facilities by mr.Munger with little or no staffing and subhuman living conditions.
The isolation of wards by Mr. Munger from their families and friends without cause or due to judicial retaliation.
Multiple cases of neglect of Mr. Munger's wards in nursing facilities resulting in multiple falls and subsequent fatalities.
Possible Medicaid fraud where Medicaid was applied for by Mr. Munger prior to a spend-down and when the ward has over $2k in non-exempt assets.
Evidence of 59 ward homes sold by Mssrs. Munger, Yun, Fraser and Ms. Carney at a combined to total of $2 million under market value to local investors and probate attorneys, with connections to the public administrators, who then resell the homes at market value or higher.
Massive overbilling by Mr. Munger to his ward's estates as well as breach of fiduciary duty, double and triple dipping and hundreds of thousands of dollars in unaccounted for money in estates belonging to wards who passed away while under guardianship.
No knowledge/concern regarding the health and well bring of his wards and the alleged fabrication of Annual visitation reports.
Mr. Munger's accounts filed with no corroborating evidence, such as receipts. to justify charges which were approved by all four judges.